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V6 engine: firing order: 1 2 3 4 5 6, distributor rotates clockwise. Left bank of engine (driver's side), cylinders 2, 4, 6 (#2 at front of engine). Right bank: 1, 3, 5 (#1 at front of engine).
Inline 6 engine: firing order is 1-5-3-6-2-4. Distributor rotates clockwise.
The number one tower on the dist. cap should have a mark or numeral 1 on it. If not, turn crankshaft to top dead center of compression stroke on number one cylinder, the 0 degrees or "T" mark on the crank pulley pointer. If you are on the compression stroke (not the exhaust stroke), the rotor under the dist. cap will be pointing to the number one cylinder spark plug wire tower.

Starting at the point closest to the front of the vehicle for no 1 position on the distributor connect in clockwise direction 1-6-5-4-3-2.If you are not sure get no 1 piston at TDC. Remove spark plug on drivers side front of the engine. Insert a wooden or plastic dowel into the plug hole and turn the engine with a wrench until the dowel reaches its topmost point. Be careful not to get the dowel fouled inside the cylinder. Now remove the distributor cap. The rotor should be pointing towards you. This is no 1 position on the distributor. If the rotor is pointing away from you then it is at no 4 position.

Firing order 1,6,5,4,3,2. To find number 1 plug at distributor set timing mark to top dead center on compression stroke and with distributor cap removed rotor will point to number 1 cylinder in cap. Also number 1 cylinder is on drivers side all the way to the front the next cylinder behind that is number 3 and then 5. So passenger side all the way from front will be 2,4,6 at the firewall. Number 1 plug wire will also be the second longest wire in most cases or as long as number 2 cylinder. Hope this helps.

firing order is 1-8-4-3-6-5-7-2 the no.1 cylinder is the front cylinder on the drivers[left] side,and the left side is odd cylinders [3,5,and7] standing at the front of engine no 1 wire on cap is at the 5 o clock position no 8 wire is at 7 o clock and so forth in a clockwise direction